Comments on: Forever Dependent http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Hampton http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26642 Michael Hampton Thu, 03 May 2007 06:56:19 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26642 Hey, where's my pingback? And I've been out there on the streets. I speak -- and in this case write -- from long experience with being poor and even homeless. I've walked in the shoes and worn them out. I know exactly when someone is getting help they need and when someone's gaming the system. Thank you very much. Hey, where’s my pingback?

And I’ve been out there on the streets. I speak — and in this case write — from long experience with being poor and even homeless. I’ve walked in the shoes and worn them out. I know exactly when someone is getting help they need and when someone’s gaming the system. Thank you very much.

]]> By: VRB http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26582 VRB Wed, 02 May 2007 22:51:48 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26582 When they were relocated, were they relocated where they could get jobs. You comment assumes that all those people just wanted to be on welfare. Many of those people were relocated to places, such as where I live, in which the cost of living was much higher. I spoke to one woman from Mississippi, who was not concerned about getting work, but she concerned about being able to support her family and continue to pay the higher rent when the subsidy ended. FEMA didn't answer questions like that. This was two years ago. The rent being offered was way more than the mortgage she had been paying in her small town. She was trying to find out when she could return to her home. She still had her job at home, but couldn't get enough information about the living conditions there. Wages are not necessarily equivalent. <blockquote>More time and further assistance? How do you need more than two years?</blockquote> If you live in the margins and your support system is disrupted (family and friends), one catastrophe is devastating. Does one have to "walk in the shoes"...? When they were relocated, were they relocated where they could get jobs. You comment assumes that all those people just wanted to be on welfare. Many of those people were relocated to places, such as where I live, in which the cost of living was much higher. I spoke to one woman from Mississippi, who was not concerned about getting work, but she concerned about being able to support her family and continue to pay the higher rent when the subsidy ended. FEMA didn’t answer questions like that. This was two years ago. The rent being offered was way more than the mortgage she had been paying in her small town. She was trying to find out when she could return to her home. She still had her job at home, but couldn’t get enough information about the living conditions there. Wages are not necessarily equivalent.

More time and further assistance? How do you need more than two years?

If you live in the margins and your support system is disrupted (family and friends), one catastrophe is devastating.

Does one have to “walk in the shoes”…?

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26575 Kevin Wed, 02 May 2007 21:30:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/05/02/forever-dependent/#comment-26575 Brad, Have you been to New Orleans recently? Brad,

Have you been to New Orleans recently?

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